Profit, Maximization, Stealing

The term 'profit' is indefinite, since it can connote a range of quantities of increase. Now, usually, the use of it in the context of Capitalism means, more precisely, 'the maximization of profit'. Furthermore, the maximization of profit always entails the minimum of loss, i. e. zero loss, or, in other words, getting something for nothing. But, stealing is getting something for nothing, and so is ratified by unfettered Capitalism. Thus, when Marx accuses the Capitalist of profiting from the work of another, his target is not merely some specific event in the marketplace, it is the criminality that is a fundamental principle of a system in which Self-Interest is equated with Profit.